title: What's hot in the anaerobe literature? Bacteroides and other non-clostridial anaerobes.
abstract: The vast microbiota in the human body is dominated by anaerobic gram-negative rods. The five recent publications reviewed here demonstrate important roles for Bacteroides species and other anaerobic bacteria both in the production of illness and the maintenance of health.
authors.affiliation: Section of Infectious Diseases, Temple University School of Medicine and Hospital, Broad and Ontario Streets, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA. Electronic address: Bennett.Lorber@tuhs.temple.edu.
authors.forename: Bennett
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lorber
mesh_terms: D001421:Bacteria, Anaerobic / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity* / Q000502:physiology*; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D041981:Gastrointestinal Tract / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans